Attorney Jeremy Bartley said Monday that Stines has a "compelling defense" lined up to justify the shooting of his longtime colleague in his office, the Courier-Journal reported. The timing of the sheriff's deposition in a sex abuse-related lawsuit earlier ...

A former Kentucky sheriff charged in a judge's shooting death pleaded not guilty Monday in the same courthouse where they worked together and where the attack occurred, and one of his attorneys later predicted they will present a compelling case in his defense.

The lawyer’s statement was the first time anyone has officially indicated that the sheriff’s deposition in a separate, federal case may be connected to the killing.

A former eastern Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a judge entered a not-guilty plea Monday.For the first time, Shawn “Mickey” Stines was back in the same courthouse where he is accused of murdering a judge.

The former Letcher County sheriff accused of killing a district judge in his chambers in September appeared in front of a packed courtroom on Monday, the same building in which the alleged murder took place.

More than two months after the fatal shooting of Letcher County Judge Kevin Mullins, ex-Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines was back in court Monday.

A former Kentucky sheriff accused in the fatal shooting of a judge in September was arraigned on new charges Monday.

Mickey Stines, who is accused of shooting District Judge Kevin Mullins to death in September, entered a not guilty plea in Letcher Circuit Court Monday afternoon.